Steel blue

#007ece

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for steel blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Steel blue, a vivid blue at 203 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #007ece, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#007ece

RGB0, 126, 206

HSL203, 100%, 40%

HSV203, 100%, 81%

CMYK100%, 39%, 0%, 19%

Lab51.13, 0.96, -49.28

XYZ18.6, 19.38, 61.15

Decimal32462

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone3005 C

Shades of steel blue

#0073bc #0069ab #005e99 #005388 #004876 #003e65 #003353 #002842 #001d30 #00131f

Tints of steel blue

#0090eb #089fff #25aaff #41b5ff #5ec1ff #7bccff #97d7ff #b4e2ff #d1edff #edf8ff

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#ce5000 Analogous#00ceb7 Analogous#0017ce Triadic#ce007e Triadic#7ece00 Split complementary#ce0017 Split complementary#ceb700

Steel blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 100, 39, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #007ece on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 39 0 19

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 40 4 25

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Steel blue in css

Copy #007ece straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #007ece; }
.text { color: #007ece; }
.border { border: 2px solid #007ece; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #007ece against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #007ece against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #007ece sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around steel blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #007ece and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #007ece is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.